Wrestling Thread

[Glenn's Take]

Kurt angle/brock lesnar/shelton Benjamin?

Those three average being 5 years younger than me.

 

[GeraldV]

Mostly gymnastics but she's not wrong. I'm not even sure how amateur wrestling helps pro wrestling.

I would think that volleyball players' explosiveness could transfer over to wrestling really well.

 

[American Dragon]

Guess they need more people to sign that can pass as a Samoan

 

[American Dragon]

I would think that volleyball players' explosiveness could transfer over to wrestling really well.

I think it’s more athleticism and fluidity than anything else and some sports have more of that than others.

There’s a reason why almost every single former football player that becomes a wrestler isn’t a 360 tub of lard from the offensive/defensive line, a quarterback, or a kicker.

 

[Laparkafan]

I think it’s more athleticism and fluidity than anything else and some sports have more of that than others.

There’s a reason why almost every single former football player that becomes a wrestler isn’t a 360 tub of lard from the offensive/defensive line, a quarterback, or a kicker.

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[American Dragon]

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Pat’s a good example of why not to hire kickers

 

[American Dragon]

What purpose did it serve to have Baron Corbin and Cass beat Trick and Jevon?

Like they couldn’t find a single job guy across their 75 shows and TNA or a local jobber to take an L against Cass, it had to be a potential future centerpiece of the promotion?

 

[American Dragon]

I don’t really care about his larger point, I just find it interesting that anything not inside the ring loses viewers for AEW.

 

[Im The Village Idiot]

I don’t really care about his larger point, I just find it interesting that anything not inside the ring loses viewers for AEW.

Man. There was a point in like 2016, I started to realize, as a WWE fan, the high spots for me were mostly entrance, promo, finisher, and most of everything else was bleh. I started to wonder if I was just burned out and really didn’t love wrestling that much anymore. It took NJPW for me to remember “oh yeah, I actually do really love pro wrestling and not just the spectacle around it.

 

[Laparkafan]

I don’t really care about his larger point, I just find it interesting that anything not inside the ring loses viewers for AEW.

It’s why he gives away big matches on tv that’s what the fans want. I doubt the MJF promos drop ratings. Didn’t Alvarez blame the ratings dip on the overrun?

 

[American Dragon]

It’s why he gives away big matches on tv that’s what the fans want. I doubt the MJF promos drop ratings. Didn’t Alvarez blame the ratings dip on the overrun?

That’s part of the problem but the “normal” two-hour window was lower as well.

The show “only” had 1 hour of wrestling over 2.5 hours. Normally it’s right around 50%.

Ratings must have fallen off a cliff during that extended backstage segment with Kenny and Ospreay.

 

[Laparkafan]

That’s part of the problem but the “normal” two-hour window was lower as well.

The show “only” had 1 hour of wrestling over 2.5 hours. Normally it’s right around 50%.

Ratings must have fallen off a cliff during that extended backstage segment with Kenny and Ospreay.

It also doesn’t help they had to condense the storylines b/c MJF and Thekla lost the belts after the challenger was determined so it isn’t the usual storyline build after the Owen winner

 

[American Dragon]

OTM getting called up is a choice. They were lucky to get on TV in NXT with just 6 matches this year and 6 last year. Never tag champs. Only once did they ever win a #1 contenders match. They’ve largely been so irrelevant down there that I went “who?” when I saw the posts about them debuting.